The College of Nursing will help veterans turn their military experience into nursing careers with a $300,000 federal grant that focuses on increasing enrollment and graduation rates for veterans.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced funding awards for the Veterans’ Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. UT Arlington’s agreement with Health and Human Services is one of only nine in the nation. Recommended funding for the University in the next four years totals more than $1 million.
The grant will allow UT Arlington to expand and adapt its popular online BSN program to educate pre-licensure nurses with military backgrounds that included medical training. Students in that program do their clinical rotations in local hospitals.
“The new grant will allow us to tailor our existing programs to the unique needs of our veterans and, where appropriate, allow them to gain credit for the training and experience they already have,” says Beth Mancini, associate dean of the College of Nursing and principal investigator for the funding agreement.
UT Arlington has about 2,600 military veterans among its 33,300 students this fall.
Read more about the VBSN grant and program.
